Memories: Chapter Five

Sakura gazed into the silver eyes. Her voice was caught in her throat. She tried to form a sentence, but only managed to choke out. . .

" It's you. . . the angel. . ."

She then noticed that she was in the arms of the being she was gazing at. A blush quickly covered her face as she tried to get out of his grasp. But, instead of letting the flustered girl go, Yue only held her tighter. He spoke to her in the soft voice she had heard in her "dream".

"You shouldn't try to get up so quickly. My spell has drained most of your magic and has made you physically weary."

Sakura looked at him dumbfounded.

"Magic? What are you talking about?" Her eyes narrowed slightly," Wait a minute. . . you gave me those visions?"

The angel nodded.

"And the girl in them all, that was me, wasn't it?"

Sakura's eyes widened as he nodded his head for a second time.

"Wait. . . what is going on? Those visions didn't really happen did they? Why are you giving them to me now! What happened to make me lose-"

Yue put his finger to her mouth, silencing her. The stare he gave her was blank.

"Patience. I'll explain everything. But, you need to stay silent." He removed his finger when Sakura nodded.

" You already know about the Clow Cards by now. And you know that you were their captor. You would have been their mistress. . ."

"Would have? What do you mean by that?"

"My foolishness cost you your victory."

Sakura glared at him, remembering how he had been such a jerk in her vision.

" What did you do to mess things up? As I recall, I lost."

Yue broke eye-contact with her and looked at the moon.

"I. . . " he paused, " I'm only allowed to use a certain amount of power during the judgment. When I'm not controlled by a master or mistress, I have a tremendous amount of power, almost to the point where it's uncontrollable.

" The wood card, the one you had used on me, was under the power of the moon," he looked at Sakura again, " I'm sure Kero had taught you the influences the sun and moon has over the cards."

The statement seemed more like a question, so she nodded.

" I could have easily taken over that card. But, your power and will made it extremely hard. I didn't have enough power within my limit to wrench the control away from you." he paused again, " So, I summoned more power and defeated you."

Sakura was about to intervene until Yue put his hand over her mouth again.

"Wait until I'm finished. Then, you can scream at me all you want."

Sakura looked away, " Fine. . ."

Yue continued," After a card captor is defeated, their memories are taken from them and they go on in life as if nothing ever happened. That's what I had done to you and the other captor.

"After your memories were erased, my brother, the cards, and I were supposed to fall into a deep slumber until a new card captor comes along. My brother didn't know what I had done. He is clueless about such things sometimes. But, I could not fool the cards. Cerberus went in the book, but I could not. The cards would not let me rest. They told me that in order to go back into the book, I would have to find you and win against you fairly in a rematch. And with that, they sent me to another part of Japan.

" I thought it would be easy to find you, since I had already seen what your aura looked like and I also knew which city you lived in. But, what I hadn't know is that the cards had hidden your aura. I assumed they wanted to make the search harder for me as if to teach me a lesson. . . Or to protect you."

Sakura gave him a confused stare.

"After this whole ordeal happened, I was furious."

Suddenly, Sakura bursted in a fit of giggles. This surprised Yue, though you couldn't tell by looking at him. He stared at the woman in his lap. After a minute of Sakura's giggles, Yue regained his composure.

"What is so funny?"

Sakura calmed down, somewhat," I-I'm sorry ,but i-it's hard -giggle- it's hard to believe that you -giggle- that you can get mad."

Yue stared at her blankly," I may not look like it, but I am capable of feeling emotions."

Sakura mocked amazement," You can be happy?"

He sighed," Yes."

"Exasperated?"

"Right now, yes."

" Sadness?"

". . . Yes."

" Can you feel love?" she questioned him and immediately regretted doing so after seeing the empty stare that bore into her eyes. His gaze felt as if it penetrated her being and looked ahead past her.

Sakura started to grow uncomfortable at Yue's silence. She, then, started to get up, awakening Yue from his trance. He pulled Sakura closer to him.

"What are you doing?"

"What does it look like? I'm trying to get up." she retorted.

Yue stared blankly at her," You have not recovered yet."

"So? I can sit on my own."

Yue inwardly sighed and ignored her complaint," You will be fine."

Yet, still wanting to get away from his tight grasp, Sakura formed a plan. She lowered her lids and gave Yue a smirk.

"Why do you hold me so tightly then? You could easily set me on the ground," she poked his chest," What? Do you have secret feelings for me?"

Sakura's plan for Yue to drop her and get away from her backfired. Yue grasped her even more tightly. He stared into her emerald orbs.

"Maybe. . ." he retorted.

Sakura's eyes widened as she felt heat run up her neck and cover her face. She opened her mouth to speak many times, but could not utter a word.

The angel shook his head. "Relax. I am capable of joking too. Now that you are silent, I will continue my explanation."

Sakura huffed and crossed her arms.

"When I am furious, I tend to lose inhibitions. Had I met up with you while I was "seeing red", the results would have been tragic.

"I started my search for you after I somewhat calmed down. Using the guise of Yukito, I traveled to your city. Unfortunately, for me, I never took into account that your father was an archeologist. When I arrived at your house, I discovered from a neighbor that your father's colleagues were in need of his assistance and that you have moved to China to a digging site. So, I followed you to the site. But, when I arrived, I found out once more that you had eluded me."

Sakura nodded, remembering her short trip to the nearby country.

"After five years of chasing you, I decided to settle down here, in Tomoeda, hoping that you would return. My other self, Yukito, went to school and got a job. For the next five years, we lived like any normal human being would.

"Normally, on nights of the full moon such as this, Yukito or myself would put a sleeping spell over the town so I could fly without the fear of being seen. While we were out tonight, we spotted you. Right away, I knew that you had magic in you. So, I followed you, confirming my guess about your identity. I performed another spell, and your memories returned to you."

Yue turned his gaze to the moon and said nothing more.

After a moment of silence, Sakura decided to break it, "In my last vision, I noticed that nobody could see me. . . but, it felt like you could at times." She inquired.

Without looking at her, Yue spoke in a deep voice that sent shivers down Sakura's back.

"It seemed that way because I was there with you."

Sakura frowned in confusion. But, before she could ask him what he meant, Yue continued.

"When a person has their memories returned to them, such as you, they should not be touched until they fully come to consciousness. When I performed the spell, you were on the swing and was quite high above the ground. You fell and I caught you before you could hurt yourself.

"When my hands touched you, my soul was transported to the memory where you were experiencing. I had to play my role in your memory in order to get out or be trapped there forever."

Sakura adverted her gaze. "So. . . uh. . . I guess you heard everything I said, huh?"

He flicked his eyes toward her for a second and then looked away again.

"Yes. Colorful language such as that certainly does not suit you."

"Sorry. I'm not usually like that." Yue nodded. The moon so high above him caught his interest. Imitating the angel, she looked at the sky and saw the stars shining so brightly. The glittering diamonds in the sky looked so close, as did the moon. Together, the moon and stars made Sakura start to relax. The night sky made her feel comfortable. So comfortable that she slumped against Yue's chest and forgot all the tension and doubt before. Her eyelids started to become heavy.

"Yue? What's happening? I . . . feel so. . . tired." she groggily asked.

"You are not used to being exposed to this much magic in such a short amount of time. It has made your body and mind both weary. You should sleep." And with that, he brought his hand over Sakura's eyes and murmured a spell that filled her with a cool aura. She felt the moon's soul inside her and felt warmer.

"But, the rematch. . ."

Yue shushed her," You are unable to fight right now. It would not be a fair fight. Rest up until you are able to take a large intake of magic."

And with that, Sakura closed her eyes and saw nothing more.

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I apologize for the long wait. I've been petty busy with my artwork as of late. I've also been very nitpicky with this fiction . Anyways, comments and critique are very welcome.